Patriots Porn: Belichick Mic’d Up from Week 3

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The other day before this whole video came out, Dave mentioned the Belchick/Wahlburg encounter. And to be sure, it was spectacularly awkward. Especially when you consider that Marky Mark has been around the club on numerous occasions. I mean, he not only hosted the whole team for the premiere of “The Fighter” and introduced them to Mickey Ward, he gave them a private screening of “Lone Survivor” just last year. And still Belichick barely knew who he was. The great thing is that moments like that are something the anti-Patriots jihadists use to rip Belichick. How he’s a miserable little troll who only cares about football and has no other use for the rest of mankind unless they can help him win Super Bowls. But what they don’t get is that is exactly what we love about him. I mean watch the rest of that video. There’s never a moment when he’s not utterly absorbed in the game. He’s not mugging it up for NFL Films, making witty banter and trying to play it up for the mics. He’s not trying to line up an anchor gig when his coaching days are over like Brian Billick or Tony Dungy. He’s never less than 100% fixated on “taking it to their ass.” Just watch the end after Wilfork makes that interception and the whole rest of the sidelines loses their shit. He never even acknowledges it. He just immediately checks the game clock and Oakland’s time outs and does the calculus on how much time they’ll have to run off to seal the deal. Imagine for one second what Rex Ryan would’ve done if his 330lb tackle won a game with a pick. He would’ve taped a Comedy Central stand up special. The Hooded One just moves onto the next play. The money shot in this particular piece of Patriots Porn. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve recovered from the first time I’ve watched it and I’m ready to go again.